Your Bike in front of a Church

[Andy in Germany]

My bike in front of the Otilienkapelle in Feldkirch, in the flatlands of the Rhine valley to the south of Freiburg.

As the door was open I had a look inside:

 

[tyred]

I don't actually know what this church was called.

 

[cm2mackem]

Two churches same plot, so to speak, one is obscured by the trees http://www.willingale.org/wp/willin...willingale-village/ATTACH=full]547786[/ATTACH]

 

[briantrumpet]

Both the church and the village name are rather good: Holcombe Rogus

 

[All uphill]

Ruishton St Andrew's, just outside Taunton. I have cycled past the lane that leads to this church dozens of times and decided to have a look today. Glad I did.

 

[briantrumpet]

Ruishton St Andrew's, just outside Taunton. I have cycled past the lane that leads to this church dozens of times and decided to have a look today. Glad I did.

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Ha - that's a rather splendid if seemingly truncated Somerset tower! If you're into Somerset towers, the book on them by Poyntz Wright is a wonderful analysis of their development from 1350-1550. I really must get to North Petherton sometime - one of the most fabulous examples.

 

[All uphill]

Ha - that's a rather splendid if seemingly truncated Somerset tower! If you're into Somerset towers, the book on them by Poyntz Wright is a wonderful analysis of their development from 1350-1550. I really must get to North Petherton sometime - one of the most fabulous examples.

Thanks for that!

North Petherton is a wonderful church. Taart cafe across the road is pretty good too!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ruishton St Andrew's, just outside Taunton. I have cycled past the lane that leads to this church dozens of times and decided to have a look today. Glad I did.

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I just looked that up: it's barely a kilometre from the Hälfords store I used to work at, but I never knew it was there.

 

[All uphill]

I just looked that up: it's barely a kilometre from the Hälfords store I used to work at, but I never knew it was there.

Wow! I didn't realise you had links here.

 

[Bad Machine]

All Saints, Hawstead. The church I missed off the list last weekend.

 

[Chromatic]

Here is St Andrew, Churcham, Gloucestershire taken on my ride this afternoon.

This is the church where Alfred Henry Hook V.C. of Rorke's Drift fame is buried.

The wiki page about him makes interesting reading. Far from the insubordinate malingerer he was portrayed as in the film Zulu, he was by all accounts a model soldier and apparently received good conduct pay in his earlier military service. It also says his by then elderley daughters walked out of the film premiere, so offended were they at his portrayal in the film.

Anyway, here's three more photos, the white cross in the bottom right of the first is on his grave, the second is of his grave and the third is the inscription on the cross.

 

[dwk789]

This is the church where Alfred Henry Hook V.C. of Rorke's Drift fame is buried.

Really enjoyed your post about Hook. The 'roof bit' on the church spire looks odd to me! Can't weigh it up.

 

[biggs682]

At Mary Magdalene church in Geddington earlier today.

 

[Chromatic]

Really enjoyed your post about Hook. The 'roof bit' on the church spire looks odd to me! Can't weigh it up.

Thanks.
Heres a link to a bit of a description of the church.
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101305341-church-of-st-andrew-churcham#.X2d94Ot4WrU

 

[Andy in Germany]

My bike in front of the church of St. Peter in Riegel, south Germany. The cream building in the background is the Rathaus, or town hall.

Those cobbles may look pretty but they get boring when riding on high pressure tyres...